The sun has seen its most active month for over two decades, with a monthly average of 215.5 sunspots being recorded in August. This is the first time the average monthly sunspot number has exceeded ...

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In recent months astronomical observatories have frequently reported huge, black spots marching across the face of the sun, seriously disturbing some kinds of radio transmission on Earth. Sunspot ...